⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 35- Looked after the ball, six turnovers to their fourteen, and outscored them 17-5 off them
- Owned the paint, 52 points inside to 36
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Luis Scola misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 3:39 · HOU 97-102 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 4 down to 6 up
Q1 1:05 · HOU 25-31 DEN
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 4 down to 7 up
Q3 10:37 · HOU 59-66 DEN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Ty Lawson misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 4:22 · HOU 94-99 DEN
📊The numbers
| HOU | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 10 | Threes made | 8 |
| 34% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 66 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 19 |
| 18 | Assists | 27 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 5 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 6 |
| 1 | Steals | 9 |
| 9 | Blocks | 4 |
